Altug Celikbilek and Vitaliy Sachko will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.45
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Vitaliy Sachko
This will be the 3rd time that Altug Celikbilek and Vitaliy Sachko clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Celikbilek and Sachko (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Celikbilek won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Forli 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-17 | 26-11 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-27 | 8-12 | 0-3 | 9-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 13-13 | 4-7 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 23-11 | 1-2 | 15-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Gijs Brouwer 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Altug had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-2 7-5). During the match, Celikbilek scored 66 points vs Brouwer’s 47. The Turk was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Celikbilek blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Altug Celikbilek conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 69% of his first serves in, winning 85% (35/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Altug was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Brouwer 3 times.
Celikbilek has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (289-204). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Celikbilek has a composed49-31 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Turk’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
Altug has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 3-5 | 14-17 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 338, Vitaliy got to the 2nd round after defeating Timofey Stepanov 6-1 6-0, Edas Butvilas 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Jakub Paul 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-4 6-3). During the match Sachko scored 62 points vs Paul’s 52. Vitaliy was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Sachko made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 73% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (5/16) on the 2nd serve. Vitaliy broke Paul 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 58 |
| Pts | 66-47 | 207-150 |
| Total Points | 113 | 357 |
| Winners | 35 | 90 |
| %Winners | 53% | 43% |
Celikbilek played 1 match while Sachko competed in 3 matches. Sachko started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Vitaliy Sachko surrendered 1 set while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Celikbilek has played 5 set(s) less than Sachko (2 vs 7). Therefore, Celikbilek played 38 games less than Sachko. The Turk scored 35 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Vitaliy managed to score 90 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 121/179 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 90/121 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 29/58 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Celikbilek blasted 11 aces . Sachko blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Celikbilek won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Celikbilek broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Celikbilek very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Vitaliy broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vitaliy conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| R1 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 35/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sachko | |||||
| Q1 Stepanov |
Q3 Butvilas |
R1 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 26 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 56-21 | 89-77 | 62-52 | 207-150 | |
| Total points | 77 | 166 | 114 | 357 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 32 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 54/81 | 44/60 | 121/179 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 37/54 | 32/44 | 90/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 69% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 15/27 | 5/16 | 29/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 31% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/11 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 82% | 67% | 149% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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